And Sure Enough I Have To Dive Into A Gloom. Poem by M D Dinesh Nair

And Sure Enough I Have To Dive Into A Gloom.



He was still saying,
'A life without hope is a dismal existence'.
I was reading a tragic story then
And it had chapters written from the times immemorial!

He also said,
'You have to try as hard as you might, it's just persistence! '.
I was now counting the last days of the calender.
Someone was planning to pack up for ever.

I knew how to recall
The face of a cancer patient soon to be immortalized
And on whose memory a hundred words were to be spoken!
Yes, there were many to tell much.

He next said,
'Dark days now and then outnumber the bright days
Dark clouds forever will not yet block out the sun rays for ever'.
But I could not the sun above a few terrains of life!

I was now in the home of the departed
Where all could see the barely middle aged widow lying crestfallen.
And her teen aged kids weeping at length.
The practice was soon to be joined by silence infinite!

He was stammering but still said from a platform,
'Blue birds are at times chased away by death-loving vultures
But be realistic, be philosophic'.
Who could tell these things to these lesser mortals?
I know the truth, but cannot speak against him!

Today,
I am unable to enjoy humanity and its customs and practices
Sad I am, sorry I am now diving into a solitude of gloom.
The bards singing optimistic notes, please, have a break.

I will just say,
'You will frivolously feign to have fortitude
Daring to deviate from pain that won't alleviate anything'.
What can replace loss of a dear life?

That these human woes will never end is my greatest pain
And sure enough I have to dive into a gloom!
With the sky above never going to open for the mortals!
My silence has an all pervasive spell perhaps, I am sorry.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Valsa George 21 January 2014

'Sad I am, sorry I am now diving into a solitude of gloom'. Very depressive in tone! ! Spells of darkness and light, the inevitable phenomenon of life! But.... 'Dark clouds forever will not yet block out the sun rays for ever'...........

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Shahzia Batool 20 January 2014

A tragic write up with quotable lines 'A life without hope is a dismal existence'. 'You have to try as hard as you might, it's just persistence! '.

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Deepak Kumar Pattanayak 19 January 2014

A very touching and poignant one.......it's all in the hands of the Almighty.............well expressed emotions Dinesh Ji.................

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